Water and solute transport along developing maize roots

Planta

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 348-355

  Frensch, Jürgen ^a   Hsiao, Theodore C ^b   Steudle, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydraulic conductivity; Permeability coefficient; Reflection coefficient; Root development (solute transport, water transport); Turgor; Zea

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030024286     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00620050     Document Type: Article

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